Lesson 04: Adding Details When Describing Yourself and Others – “I Am A Tired Student”

In this lesson, we’re going one step further in how we describe people and things in Chamorro. So far, we’ve practiced sentences like “The student is tired” — where the description and the noun are separate. Now, we’ll learn how to combine descriptions and nouns to create phrases like “tired student” or “happy child.” To do this, we’ll use a small word called “na”, which acts like a connector or linker. Once we’ve learned how to build these descriptive phrases, we’ll put them into full sentences to talk about ourselves and others — like “I am a tired student.”

This post includes lesson notes, practice drills with the Linker “na”, example sentences, and a Quizlet Deck for additional practice. Happy studying!

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Lesson 05: How to Say “Not” in Chamorro – “I am not hungry.”

In past lessons, we’ve focused on how to describe people and things in a positive way — like “I am hungry” or “The woman is a singer.” Now it’s time to flip that! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say what you’re not — like “I’m not hungry” or “The woman is not a singer.”To create these sentences, we’ll learn about the Negative Marker “Ti” and how to use it to make negative statements. This post includes lesson notes, example sentences in Chamorro, audio pronunciations and a Quizlet Deck for supplementary practice. Happy studying!

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Lesson 02: Describe Who You Are In Chamorro – “I am a student”

Now we will learn how to describe our yu’ type pronouns with nouns to describe who we are or who someone else is. We will learn to say sentences like “I am a student” or “She is a singer.” These types of sentences are useful for describing your profession or other characteristics about yourself. In this post we’ll be using nouns to describe our yu’ type pronouns. This post includes example sentences in Chamorro, audio pronunciations and a Quizlet deck for supplementary practice. Happy studying!

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Lesson 01: Start Describing Yourself in Chamorro – “I’m Hungry”, “I’m Thirsty” and More

Now that you’ve learned the pronouns (and if you need a refresher, check out Introduction to Pronouns in Chamorro), let’s start using them in basic sentences! it’s time to start using them in everyday phrases. A great way to begin is by describing yourself or others with simple sentences like “I am hungry” or “You are tired.”

These are the kinds of sentences you can use right away in real life—and they help you build vocabulary fast. In this lesson, we’ll focus on how to pair Yu’ type pronouns with adjectives to talk about feelings, conditions, and descriptions. This post includes lesson notes, example sentences with audio pronunciations, and a link to a Quizlet deck for additional practice. Happy studying!

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